Buddhist Women on a Path of Spiritual Awakening
Moral Integrity, Courage and Peace
The real path to peace lies in developing moral integrity. Our spiritual strength depends on purity of heart and action. We learn to identify unwholesome habits that obstruct our well-being and practice courageous compassion to discover the joy of harmlessness. These are the qualities…
Sowing Grace
A talk given at Toronto Theravada Buddhist Community in 2015.
How Do I Know I’m Deluded?
A breakthrough step on the spiritual path is realizing just how deluded we really are – otherwise we would not have to seek happiness outside ourselves. To see our true state of mind, we have to properly investigate and honestly peel away the layers…
Sacred Heart: First Inside the Temple
Within us we have a sacred space that we need to reclaim – the very space inside the heart. Here the Four Noble Truths come to life. Know our suffering, not blaming anyone or any conditions for it, see its origin within us, and…
Nothing There: Beyond the Prison of ‘Self’
The Fourth Insight known as udayabbaya ñāņa arises bestowing six qualities of upekkha , equanimity, as well as intimate knowledge of anicca, impermanence, through seeing the arising and disappearance of all conditioned things – most importantly, the emptiness of ‘self’. A talk given at…
Crossing Boundaries: Ayyā Medhānandī & St. Thérèse de Lisieux
An interview filmed in 2005 by the Catholic diocese of New Zealand with Ayyā Medhānandī about how St.Thérèse of Lisieux, a young Carmelite monastic who lived more than a century ago, blesses the life of a 21st century Buddhist nun.
Fearlessness
Ayya Medhanandi’s talk on Fearlessness at the 6th Street Community Center, East Village, sponsored by Buddhist Insights, NY 2018:
Fearlessness
Ayya Medhanandi’s talk on Fearlessness at the 6th Street Community Center, East Village, sponsored by Buddhist Insights, NY 2018:
The Dhamma of Snow
The Dhamma of Snow describes a winter snow melt episode and the enthralling insight into how melting delusions give way to Truth.
Le Dharma de la Neige
Published in Regard Bouddhiste magazine, May 2016 (reprinted with permission), this French version of Ayyā Medhānandī’s article The Dhamma of Snow describes a winter snow melt episode and the enthralling insight into how melting delusions give way to Truth. Click here to access the…
~ Dhammapada Verse 54